After months of reviewal and lots of discussion, the European Commission has finally published the final document renewing glyphosate, the weedkiller ingredient, for another ten years. Despite concerns about its potential link to cancer and a failure to reach a majority agreement among member states, the decision was made. This publication will be effective on […]
The European Commission has planned to ‘renew the approval of glyphosate’, the active ingredient in the popular herbicides for a period of 10 years, in accordance with EU legislation and in the absence of the required majority among member states. Regardless of concerns about the herbicide’s potential link to cancer, the decision is subject to […]
The most challenging part was the evaluation of studies which do not have specific standard test guideline. In order to assess the validity of individual studies, it is therefore necessary to have the availability of appraisal criteria contained in Critical Appraisal Tools (CATs). The scope of this proposal is to develop critical appraisal tools to support the evaluation […]